> How about this: > > $_ # current topic > $__ # outer topic > $___ # outer outer topic >
Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, that is impossible to read correctly without having to move the cursor and count how many underscores exist. It seems to me, that in English, it is hard to correctly jump to a previous topic without being fairly explicit. If you start talking about trapeze artists and I change the subject to monkees, then if I say I like the way they swing, you should assume I am talking about monkees unless I have explicitly changed the topic back to trapeeze artists. I don't think there should be a shortcut to do this, an explict way, yes, but not a shortcut as it seems to break the English analogy. Tanton
